The PGA Tour begins a two-week stint in Las Vegas with the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open this week at TPC Summerlin. The 144-man field is strong and features both 2020 major winners in Collin Morikawa (PGA Championship) and Bryson DeChambeau (U.S. Open). Kevin Na also returns to defend his 2019 Shriners title.
Below, we’ll look for the best value bets in the 2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open betting odds and lines with tournament matchups, placings and first-round leader (FRL) picks and best bets.
2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: Matchup bets
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Bryson DeChambeau vs. Webb Simpson (+115)
DeChambeau (-162) is the heavy favorite in this top matchup following his US Open victory. Both have a win and multiple top 10s at this event. Simpson is more experienced at TPC Summerlin with 34 rounds played to DeChambeau’s 16.
Take the plus-money value with Simpson. He was the PGA Tour’s leader in both Birdie or Better Percentage and Bogey Avoidance last season, and he ranks one spot ahead of DeChambeau in the Golfweek/Sagarin world rankings.
Hideki Matsuyama vs. Collin Morikawa (-106)
Here, we’ll take the undervalued major champ with Morikawa a slight underdog to Matsuyama (-134). Morikawa tied for 42nd in his debut last year, while Matsuyama finished 16th in his first appearance since a 10th-place showing in 2014.
The winner of the PGA Championship is the better putter and ball striker.
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2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: Placing bets
Top 5: Patrick Cantlay (+450)
Cantlay is third by the odds to win the tournament outright at +1800. He has followed up his 2017 victory at TPC Summerlin with back-to-back runner-up finishes.
Top 10: Adam Hadwin (+1100)
Hadwin has 14 career rounds played at TPC Summerlin with an average of 1.57 strokes gained per round on the field. He finished fourth last year and was 10th in 2014. His putting and short game play well here with less emphasis on distance and accuracy.
Lowest score over 72 holes – Group B: Scottie Scheffler (+400)
Scheffler shares the longest odds of the 5-man Group B with Rickie Fowler. Matsuayama (+275), Harris English (+350) and Matthew Wolff (+350) all have lower odds. Scheffler returned to play last week for the first time since being forced to withdraw from the U.S. Open due to a positive COVID-19 test. The warmup event should get him back to his consistent top-10 form.
2020 Shriners Hospitals for Children Open: First-round leader bet
Harris English (+4000)
English ranked second on the PGA Tour to Rory McIlroy in Round 1 Scoring Average last year at 68.55. He’s just +2500 to win this event and offers much better value to lead after the opening 18 holes.
MJ Daffue (+12500)
Daffue’s coming off a T-12 finish at the Sanderson Farms Championship in which he led the field with 1.96 Strokes Gained: Approach and ranked fourth with 2.62 SG: Tee-to-Green, according to Data Golf. Look for him to keep it going for at least the first round in a much stronger field.
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